Here's What You May Have Missed About Carnival (CUK)

By Blake Campbell • Friday, May 19 12:21 • Permanent Link

Carnival shares slid -3.7% this afternoon. Here's what you need to know about the mid-capMarine shipping company:

Carnival has logged a -17.8% 52 week change, compared to 7.6% for the S&P 500
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-4.54, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -2.1. The Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/E ratio is 22.33
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.46 and its forward P/E ratio is 6.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.98 in contrast to the Consumer Discretionary sector's average P/B ratio is 3.12
The current ratio is currently 0.7, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $-6,610,000,000 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -16.0%
Carnival's revenues have an average growth rate of -12.6% with operating expenses growing at 0.8%. The company's current operating margins stand at -32.4%

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